# (2022-12-09) {Vilas Youtube} Practice using [[AN3.70 Uposathasutta|Uposathasutta]] - Note on [[AN3.70 Uposathasutta]] - @@ This sutta is for **"lay followers"**, who cannot work towards liberation, but can work twice a month to establish themselves in good existences. - How do you know you've established in [[Brahma]] realm (following [[AN3.70 Uposathasutta#(1. Brahmuposathaṁ)]])? ^0ac16e - The center of your **heart expands** - @@ You will not have any neither ==*any* **Enmity**== (irritated or unhappy), nor ==*any* **Expectations**== towards ***any* being** - How to practice? - **Prerequisite** - You should have contemplated (anupassana) on some other Dhamma concept beforehand - Watch your breath and get into Samatha - Investigate on some dhamma subject (e.g. anicca, dukkha, anatta, 5 aggregates, etc.), e.g. using the [[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta]] to see what is Rupa, Vedana, etc. - Go deeper into contemplation (Anupassana) so the mind is established on dhamma and is not holding onto anything - Read the sutta, which become Vipassana - Then close your eyes deeply investigate, which is anupassana - Take the 8 precepts - @@ Vilas explained how Dhamma **"protects"** you. - By giving you an environment where you don't need to search for anything! #dhamma/why - 🙏🙏